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Design Indaba 2010
 [Herman Manson] The opening speaker at the 2010 Design Indaba Conference, the famous graphic designer Michael Bierut, gave a humorous presentation filled with some valuable lessons for graphic designers. The conference opened this morning, Wednesday, 24 February 2010. [ view twitterfall] Read more >> [Terry Levin] "From owning to sharing, from stuff to experience," was the phrase coined by Bruce Nussbaum, opening speaker of the second day of the 2010 Allstars Design Indaba currently on the Cape Town International Convention Centre. The quest for the new lifestyle models that design thinking can bring continues... [ view twitterfall] Read more >> Marketing
 [Issa Sikiti da Silva] [ Flux Trends] Most people are not aware of the alarming state and the critical position the planet earth is in right now, SAB Environmentalist of the Year Bishop Geoff Davies said today, Thursday, 25 February 2010, adding that people are failing in their responsibility to protect the earth. Read more >>2010 FIFA World Cup
 [Issa Sikiti da Silva] CNN TASK (Tourism, Advertising Solutions and Knowledge) this week urged journalists and editors across the African continent to showcase the 2010 FIFA World Cup games and tourism stories as they are critical to foster the culture of knowledge of the continent, which is mostly seen by the west as a place of despair, violence and poverty. Read more >> [Nthambeleni Gabara] FIFA will increase the number of Category 4 tickets for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, says general-secretary Jerome Valcke. Read more >>Branding
 [Dumisani Ndlela] The Marketers Association of Zimbabwe (MAZ) is to unveil its Superbrand - Brand of the Year 2010 competition at a Harare hotel on Friday, 5 March 2010. Read more >>Exhibitions
 Bridal Africa, which last year announced it would team up with SA Fashion Week, is producing its own show at the Sandton Convention Centre from 6-7 November 2010. The exhibition will both acknowledge and award local specialist bridal designers and couturiers, reputedly a first for South African bridal shows. Read more >>Mobile
[Gregory Gondwe] Malawi Communication Regulatory Authority (MACRA) has given Global Advanced Integrated Networks (G-Mobile), a company set to become the third mobile phone service provider, a new deadline of 12 April 2010 to roll out or risk revocation of its licence. Read more >> Worldwide mobile phone sales fell 0.9% last year to 1.2bn units, but the market recovered in the fourth quarter thanks to the success of smartphones, the Gartner research group said. Read more >> [Gareth Vorster] Telecommunications operator MTN Group on Monday, 22 February 2010 refuted media allegations that it intended to move its operations from South Africa and de-list from the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE). Read more >>Newspapers
 Matt Kelly, digital content director for Trinity Mirror, demonstrated the need for sites to be "built for humans, not for search engine optimisation" during the first in a series of online seminars offered by the World Editors Forum. Kelly used the paper's new Mirror Football website to show the value of audience loyalty. Read more >>Out Of Home
 Frikkie Cornelius has been appointed CEO of Primedia Africa, effective 1 March 2010. Originally promoted to general manager of the then Primedia Outdoor Africa Division in January 2008, Cornelius has been with the company's Out of Home Division since 1994. Read more >>Retail
Global brewing giant SABMiller said on Thursday, 25 February 2010, that group companies SABMiller Africa BV and Tanzania Breweries Limited (TBL) have agreed an amicable settlement of their dispute with East African Breweries Limited (EABL), a member of the Diageo plc group, relating to the Tanzanian beer market. Read more >>SOUTH AFRICA [Design Indaba 2010] Day Two
 
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